Broom-hanger.



J. N. OVESON.

BROOM HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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JOHN N. OVESON, OF CHIGAGD, ILLINOIS.

BROOIVE-HANGER.

Application filed Geptcmher 21-, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN N. Ovnson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for supporting brooms and the like off their brush or bristles while not in use, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and at the same time adjustable device into which the broom-handle may be inserted and removed without separate manipulation of the hanger by the other hand when one hand takes hold of the broom.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger embodying my invention, together with a section of broom-handle inserted therein. Fig. 2 shows the position into which the hanger is moved, by manipulation of the broom-handle alone, to release the broom-handle. Fig. 8 is a top plan view. Fig. l is a section taken on line X-X of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the parts as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a modification in perspective.

In Figs. 1 to 4, 2 represents a block to the sides of which are pivoted at 3, ears t and 5 of a hanger which consists of a plate of metal bent twice at right angles to form an upper horizontal portion 6, from which the ears 4t and 5 are bent, a vertical portion 7 and a lower horizontal portion 8. Formed vertically through the parts 6, 7 and 8 is a rectangular opening as shown in Fig. 3, one half, 9, of this opening being formed in the upper portion 6 and the other half, 10, being formed in the lower portion 8, the metal between said upper and lower parts being also cut away in the vertical portion 7, leaving, as shown in Fig. 5 a pair of connecting arms 7 and 7 supporting the lower plate 8 on the upper plate 6. When the part 6 is folded against the block 2, as in Fig. 2, and the part 8 is raised to a vertical position the vertical opening will be a large rectangular one 11 as shown in Fig. 5 which is larger from side to side than the diameter of the broom-handle, designated by the numeral 12.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @et. 14%, 1213.

Serial No. 650,606.

On the plate 6 is formed downwardly bent cars 13 and 1 which serve as stops to guide. the upper end of the broom-handle, or to prevent its slipping oil the plate when the handle is brought against the hanger to engage its openings 9 and 10, forming a single diamond-shaped opening, or the opening 11 remaining when the horizontal plates or portions, together with their triangular openings 9 and 10, are raised up edgewise as in Figs. 2 and 5.

As shown in Fig. 4 the lower plate 8 has its opposite side-edges bent downwardly and inwardly to form supporting ledges 15 and 16 or slide-channels for a plate 17 having a triangular cut-away portion 10 corresponding to the cut-away portion 10 in the plate 8. An opening or bore 18 is formed through the two plates 8 and 17 for a screw 19 having a head 20 that engages the upper plate and a nut 21 engaging the lower plate. The opening for the screw in the upper plate 8 is, as shown in Fig. 3, elongated into a slot 18 wherebv the plate 17 may be ad justably moved to vary the size of the triangular opening 10 and 10 or to reduce the size of the diamond-shaped opening as a whole. With the exception of the plate 17 and the screw therefor, the whole device is stamped out of a single piece of metal.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 is a construction adapted to be placed against the side of a wall and is also a single plate of metal cut and bent to form an upper plate with with a wedge-shaped cut-away portion corresponding to the portion 9 in Fig. 2, and a lower plate 24 with a cut-out portion 25. In the modification the adjustable plate lies on top, instead of against the under-side, of the lower member of the hanger, and is a plate 26 substantially similar to the plate 17 provided with a fastening screw 27. In lieu of the ears 4: and 5 and bars 7 and 7 the modified form of construction has a side plate 28 from which the upper plate 22 and lower plate 24 have, respectively, been bent at right angles. A stop 29 on the block 2 is arranged to limit the movements of the Fig. 6 hanger, the plate 28 having concentric with its pivot 8 a segmental cut-away portion which provides a shoulder 30 and a lug 31, the latter limiting the vertical movement and the former the movement toward the horizontal position. In the same manner as shown in Fig. 5, the modified hanger when raised to its vertical position, indicated by dotted lines, will provide a rectangular opening between the vertically disposed sides of plates 22, 26 and 28, the fourth side, however, in the modified form being open.

It will be seen that the step arrangement whereby the opening for the broom-handle is divided between the upper and lower plates affords a sort of box or stall open from below into which the end of the broomhandle may be directed and guided. WVhen the broom handle is pushed against the under-side of the upper plate it will be automatically guided into its opening, this opening enlarging vertically as the hanger is pushed upward and contracting i'rom substantially a iarge rectangular opening to a diamond shaped opening between the inclined sides of which the handle is tightly wedged by the weight of the broom tending to force the opposite sides of the handle into the apexes of the wedge-shaped openings in the upper and lower plates. The adjustable plate mounted on the lower plate portion of the hanger will provide for a great deal of latitude in respect to the size or diameter of broom or other handle to be supported in the device.

The removal o1 the handle from the hanger is effected just as conveniently as its insertion, as by raising the handle and pressing it against the upper plate to hold the latter against the block 2, or the wall, as the case may be, while it is being withdrawn downwardly a perfect freedom from any cramping or binding is effected. By providing a hanger which need not be manipulated by, say, the left hand, while the right is withdrawing the broom-handle, the hanger may be hung as high as any point that may be reached by the upper end of the handle when the operator grasps the broom-body or the lower part of the handle. In other words, the hanger may, where this is the more convenient position for it, be placed high above the reach 01": the operator s hands, or near the ceiling, and thus be removed as an obstruction on the wall liable to be encountered by the housekeeper moving about in the room.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination with a support, of a broom-holder consisting of an upper and a lower plate occupying different vertical planes in one position of the holder and connected by a connection arranged at right angles to said upper and lower plates, said holder pivotally mounted upon said support and having a vertical handle-opening therethrough extending partly into each of said plates, said part-openings in each of said plates being connected by a horizontal opening as wide as the maximum width across said vertical opening, said lower plat-e being spaced apart from said support whereby an inlet-opening for a broom-handle or the like is provided under said upper plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN N. OVESQN.

W'itnesses ALTA Wnsroor'r, M. C. ALLEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents- Washington, D. G. 

